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My first thought while reading this was that she got a hold of the other students' diaries/journals. Then I remembered that our students publish EVERYTHING about their lives on MySpace and Facebook. So gaining access to personal information about another student would probably not require a covert operation that included sneaking into their house and searching for a journal.

I think I would go the mentally unstable route, although I will say that some girls get obsessed with occult things. In my day it was "Dark Shadows" now it's "Twilight" and Wiccan stuff. It wouldn't surprise me if she wasn't trying to develop the reputation of being a psychic or something.

I live in the real world and demons are a possibility. Everyone looks at the world with their own set of blinders and/or rose-colored glasses.Like Anna, I have seen the charismatic movement and speaking in tongues. It has been my experience though that most of the time, the speaker does not know what he/she has said. That this young woman does, and the specificity of her comments makes me suspicious of her actions.

Nobody speaks in tongues. They gabble. They make nonsense noises.*If* someone started to speak a language (tongue) they previously had no knowledge of, that would be pretty strong evidence that something strange is going on. But a hypnotic like state in which the participant does something anyone can do, and which they have been pre-programmed to believe they should do? That is utterly banal and is evidence of nothing other than a mildly skilful preacher.